Question 1. What are your roles and responsibilities on the carrier delivery team at Bold Penguin?  

There are several aspects of integrations I maintain, such as technical documentation and how users interact with carriers within Bold Penguin. I am the custodian of our North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) mappings. The mappings determine which classes can quote with which carriers, and there are probably half a million mapped entries at this point. In addition, I also spearhead many platform-wide product enhancements that impact our carriers. Lastly, I provide support for strategic partners, whether it is how they interact with carriers or Bold Penguin as a whole.

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Question 2. Can you share an example of a success that you or your team worked on and how it scored a win for the whole company?

This year our teams very much wanted to focus on speeding up our engineering velocity and providing more agency for users to make updates and enhancements in the platform. We created tooling that allows faster feedback loops from partner documentation to platform updates and automated several steps in the entire process. 

Where half a dozen people would have been required to estimate, develop, test, and ship updates, now one or two can shepherd them. This resulted in us being able to ship changes in hours instead of days or weeks. This means Bold Penguin can better accommodate the ever-growing panel of carriers on our platform, and the enhancements we make to all of their integrations.

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Question 3.  What made you take the leap of faith to join Bold Penguin at an early stage before it became an insurtech leader?

Before Bold Penguin I was running a retail/wholesale business with two other partners. I liked being a part of multiple operations in a company and taking risks, but our reach in the industry was starting to plateau. My best friend was actually employee number two at Bold Penguin and recruited me. Initially, I was a bit wary because I didn’t know much about commercial insurance, but then I saw the vision that Bold Penguin has for the industry and how insurtech is reshaping insurance. I have a personal motto that I won’t sell a product I wouldn’t buy myself, and I was sold from the very beginning.

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Bonus Question: You make your own hot sauce (and gave it to the guests at your wedding!) What technique or ingredient would most people be surprised to know as the secret to a good hot sauce?

The one ingredient that I use in every hot sauce we make is honey! My hot sauces are typically on the hotter side, so a little sweetness really balances out the heat. For our wedding we went tame and made a cayenne honey jalapeño sauce and it was a hit. Honey creates a good consistency, whether you’re thickening a runny sauce or making a thicker one more spreadable. It also acts as a good emulsifier!

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Want to learn more about carrier delivery, how Bold Penguin addresses the important commercial insurance trends and how insurtech is reshaping insurance?

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What you need to know about Sam Weaver and his evolving role at Bold Penguin

Here’s a quick recap of details in this article featuring three-plus questions with Carrier Delivery Team member Sam Weaver:

• Sam Weaver’s role: Carrier Delivery Team member
• Focus: Speeding up engineering velocity for carrier-driven commercial insurance trends
• Achievements: 
  
  • Third hired and longest standing employee at Bold Penguin
  • Able to ship changes in hours instead of days or weeks
• Secret sauce:
  
  • Loyalty, customer focus, and comfort in many professional hats
  • Known for making hot sauce with a sweet side

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